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War and Stature : Growing Up During the Nigerian Civil War
Akresh, Richard - 2011
The Nigerian civil war of 1967-70 was precipitated by secession of the Igbo-dominated south-eastern region to create the state of Biafra. It was the first civil war in Africa, the predecessor of many. We investigate the legacies of this war four decades later. Using variation across ethnicity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117195
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The Welfare Effects of Mobile Broadband Internet : Evidence from Nigeria
Bahia, Kalvin - 2020
This paper estimates the impacts of mobile broadband coverage on household consumption and poverty in Nigeria, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012834577
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Non-Farm Enterprise Productivity and Spatial Autocorrelation in Rural Africa : Evidence from Ethiopia and Nigeria
Owoo, Nkechi - 2014
from the geo-referenced 2011 Ethiopian Rural Socioeconomic Survey (ERSS) and the 2010/2011 Nigeria General Household Survey … productive. In Nigeria, we find evidence for spatial autocorrelation at the individual enterprise level but not at the community … significant determinants of the labour productivity of non-farm enterprises in Ethiopia and Nigeria. This is the first time, to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013051020
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Health Information, Treatment, and Worker Productivity : Experimental Evidence from Malaria Testing and Treatment Among Nigerian Sugarcane Cutters
Dillon, Andrew - 2014
productivity by randomizing the temporal order at which piece-rate workers at a large sugarcane plantation in Nigeria are offered …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013055570
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'A Flop or a Success?' An Evaluation of the Welfare Impacts of the 6-3-3-4 Education System in Nigeria
Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2015
The need for graduates who would be productive citizens able to contribute significantly to the Nigerian economy led to the overhaul of the old education system 6-5-4 and the implementation of the 6-3-3-4 system, with its first set of graduates from secondary schools in 1988. The main objective...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016364
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Hollowing Out the Middle? Remittances and Income Inequality in Nigeria
Bang, James T. - 2018
This paper investigates the impact of remittances on poverty and inequality in Nigeria. In contrast to the existing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012922449
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Disparities in Labor Market Outcomes Across Geopolitical Regions in Nigeria : Fact or Fantasy?
Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2021
Differences in geopolitical regions of Nigeria are not debatable. However, there is no clear consensus on the dimension … using survey data from Nigeria between 1996-1999. Both descriptive and econometric analysis are used to test the null … hypothesis that there are no significant regional differences in labor market outcomes in Nigeria. The results are surprising …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316791
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First and Second Generation Impacts of the Biafran War
Akresh, Richard - 2017
We analyze long-term impacts of the 1967-1970 Nigerian Civil War, providing the first evidence of intergenerational impacts. Women exposed to the war in their growing years exhibit reduced adult stature, increased likelihood of being overweight, earlier age at first birth, and lower educational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012948574
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Violent Conflict Exposure in Nigeria and Economic Welfare
Odozi, John Chiwuzulum - 2019
countries. In this paper we attempt to estimate the casual impact of conflict in Nigeria on welfare related outcomes. The 2009 … in the North Eastern and Central parts of Nigeria. However, bouts of violent conflict have existed in different … Nigeria using the three waves of the Nigerian General Household Survey (GHS) panel combined with The Armed Conflict Location …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012863787
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Does Violent Conflict Affect Labor Supply of Farm Households? The Nigerian Experience
Odozi, John Chiwuzulum; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2023
Nigeria has experienced bouts of violent conflict in different regions since its independence leading to significant … agriculture. Using a nationally representative panel dataset for Nigeria from 2010-2015, in combination with armed conflict data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014260891